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there were not used for the airline that was coming to united states. those needs to be part of the package. >> what these scanners and p detectetn the level of which eight detected the level of -- detected the level of petn? >> i think it would. host: that issue is something that libertarians will be aiming for. >> there was a vote in congress to limit the use of body scanners earlier this year. that is the way everyone was looking then. now there
there were not used for the airline that was coming to united states. those needs to be part of the package. >> what these scanners and p detectetn the level of which eight detected the level of -- detected the level of petn? >> i think it would. host: that issue is something that libertarians will be aiming for. >> there was a vote in congress to limit the use of body scanners earlier this year. that is the way everyone was looking then. now there
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the united states military is providing counter terror operations to go after al-qaeda figures there. and the u.s. is constantly focusing yemen to work on this problem. >> did you agree with that? >> yes. [laughter] >> we are hearing in the papers about this country being poorest and lawlessness of the country and lack of control. and 35% of unemployment rate s7 and a significant drop in oil revenues. >> yeah, it's a country -- it's interesting if you look at testimony from top officials early in year before congress, when discussions about what would be the domestic threat here and in addition to early briefings to congress about the overall intelligence picture, there was a lot of discussion about how countries like yemen and samoia that are ungovernable and may be, be the new front, and now it's shifting that way and happening. >> another fox news program from john brennan this morning. >> when we open this second front this, -- this is a continuation that we have underway. petraeus has been to yemen and wit government. we have had close contact with the british, so this is a dete
the united states military is providing counter terror operations to go after al-qaeda figures there. and the u.s. is constantly focusing yemen to work on this problem. >> did you agree with that? >> yes. [laughter] >> we are hearing in the papers about this country being poorest and lawlessness of the country and lack of control. and 35% of unemployment rate s7 and a significant drop in oil revenues. >> yeah, it's a country -- it's interesting if you look at testimony...
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secondly, the united states and the west continues to get hit by al qaeda terrorists even after obama said he's going to close it. >> hold on. can we -- [ all talking at once ] >> hold on for one minute. can we stay away from water boarding, please? these are the actions obama took that signaled the cia to back off. one, he restricted the cia's rendition to preempt terrorism. two, he closed secret interrogation center as broad. three, he banned water boarding. four, closing guantanamo. five, he ordered captured unlawful combat anne today be read miranda rights. six, he's trying ksm, khalid shaikh mohammed and other terrorists like abdul abdul an -- abdulmutallab. he issued no protests for italy for con vicinitying 23 u.s. cia and military officials in absentia, our guys. and nine, rather, finally, he unleashed the prosecute bush policymakers for their counterterrorism policy. you want to speak to that? >> yes. i think this absolutely plays into this whole area of modern and traditional confusion that was best summed up by the supreme court during the bush administration that decided p
secondly, the united states and the west continues to get hit by al qaeda terrorists even after obama said he's going to close it. >> hold on. can we -- [ all talking at once ] >> hold on for one minute. can we stay away from water boarding, please? these are the actions obama took that signaled the cia to back off. one, he restricted the cia's rendition to preempt terrorism. two, he closed secret interrogation center as broad. three, he banned water boarding. four, closing...
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i remember thinking that there had just been a coup d'etat in the united states. perhaps an exaggerated reaction but a watershed moment for me in a country that i still thought had some semblance of a democracy. that's november 14th. the next excerpt concerns what happened at the center when i and a couple others decided we would represent the first people taken into custody under the military order. unusual work for the center which generally represented people we were in substantial agreement with. the november 13th order pushed ccr into action. it was this document that made us begin the historical fight for the rights of those who a few months later would be imprisoned at guantanamo. it was not automatic that ccr would take on the cases of those jailed under this order. and it was not immediately clear that those cases -- what those cases would be about. at first most of the focus of ccr, the media and experts was on the draconian ad hoc trial provisions and on the death penalty aspects of the president's order. few of us paid much attention to its indefinite
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s from the united states. in these and so many related ways, i'm proud that the united states has played a leading role, either through our government's foreign assistance programs, or through the programs and examples of civil society like many of you represent. attorneys and businesswomen have partnered with women around the world as mentors, trainers, co-collaborators, to share their practices, exchange experiences, and provide support. in addressing women's access to justice, we realize that raising our voice for equal rights and equal treatment under the law is necessary. but it is not sufficient. passing laws is important, but it is not nearly enough because laws must be backed and enforced by effective and responsible governments. judges and legal practitioners are in critical positions, not only to influence how laws are made, but to help ensure that they are indeed enforced. there is so much we can do to support women who are changing the world for the better through the legal profession. the beijing
s from the united states. in these and so many related ways, i'm proud that the united states has played a leading role, either through our government's foreign assistance programs, or through the programs and examples of civil society like many of you represent. attorneys and businesswomen have partnered with women around the world as mentors, trainers, co-collaborators, to share their practices, exchange experiences, and provide support. in addressing women's access to justice, we realize...
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why wouldn't you be looking at where they can travel and whether they can get into the united states? that seems kind of obvious to me. number two, i was surprised that there is no single database that tracks all specific high level threats against the united states. so on those levels it seems there was some shocking information today and, of course, brennan saying he didn't or the whole system, whole intelligence network didn't understand how sophisticated al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula was, a little bit of a shock. i can understand, it's a small group of people, about 100, 200 people and in a very poor country, the poorest country in the middle east and the thought was just not that sophisticated. again, a real wake-up call. but to me, the big surprise is some of the things that we had assumed were being done by our government had not been done. >> nina, when you have lee hamilton, a prominent democrat who is co-chair of the 9-11 commission saying, hey, listen, we knew al-qaeda in yemen was a problem a long time ago. fairly damning. >> i think it is. when john brennan today, he
why wouldn't you be looking at where they can travel and whether they can get into the united states? that seems kind of obvious to me. number two, i was surprised that there is no single database that tracks all specific high level threats against the united states. so on those levels it seems there was some shocking information today and, of course, brennan saying he didn't or the whole system, whole intelligence network didn't understand how sophisticated al-qaeda and the arabian peninsula...
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i will reiterate a strong message of support from the united states. we believe bringing unity and stability to yemen is an urgent national security priority of ours and we look forward to working with our international partners and the yemeni leadership. again, to secretary milibrand, thank you for bringing us together. >> thank you very much. >> [inaudible] -- you have received from the counterparts today from those you have had previously? >> i think the most important development is twofold. first they are concrete and specific in the way that they have not been in the past. senator for clinton just referred to that and point plan. second there's a degree of international engagement that hasn't existed notably through the friends of yen in process will bring together 20 countries to engage on a structured and systematic intensive basis with the government of yemen. i suppose there's one other point which is important. this is a genuinely comprehensive approach. i think that if you look through the chairman's statement and certainly having sat throu
i will reiterate a strong message of support from the united states. we believe bringing unity and stability to yemen is an urgent national security priority of ours and we look forward to working with our international partners and the yemeni leadership. again, to secretary milibrand, thank you for bringing us together. >> thank you very much. >> [inaudible] -- you have received from the counterparts today from those you have had previously? >> i think the most important...
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holding criminal trials for these enemy combatants is something that historically the united states has never done. in world war ii we had the german saboteurs come ing into this country fdr ordered them tried by a secret military tribunal. they were executed month layer. we've decided, this administration has decided, that we're going to give them a full range of constitutional and procedural protections and allow them to be treated as ordinary criminal defendants. that's going to be a major issue picking up on what bob said of how we're going to kind of have this tension between the rule of law and rights for these people while we're also waging war. we're going to be holding them, giving them these full range of constitutional rights while we're stepping up drone attacks and trying to kill their counterparts. >> schieffer: david martin, the one thing we haven't gotten to so far is afghanistan. we're getting ready to send troops over there. if the congress approves the money to ship them over there. what does the pentagon expect over there this year? will we see some change in afghani
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he had a vista to enter the united states, granted in 2008. the fundamental question is why wasn't the vista revoked? britain revoked his ability to come to britain based on his lying in a school application. i think we need to lower the threshold of the people who can get visas to get into this country. but that means the world isn't going to like you. >> raise the threshold. >> race raise the threshold. that means the world is not going to like you. the obama's vision, he wants the world to like us. there was a lot of heat against the bush administration when we started to crack down on visas and, you know, students couldn't get in. business people couldn't get in. you will take a lot of heat if you do that. >> chris: is that, as brit frames it, is that the issue, that it's a choice between getting tough or doing things, whether it's on decisions about guantanamo, decisions about criminal defendants that may appeal to the rest of the world and the obama administration is coming down on one side of that? >> i'm not even sure it appeals to the
he had a vista to enter the united states, granted in 2008. the fundamental question is why wasn't the vista revoked? britain revoked his ability to come to britain based on his lying in a school application. i think we need to lower the threshold of the people who can get visas to get into this country. but that means the world isn't going to like you. >> raise the threshold. >> race raise the threshold. that means the world is not going to like you. the obama's vision, he wants...
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and drug demand in the united states. is the u.s. willing to send the army into the projects of chicago, into the projects and tenements of new york, in los angeles, to do away with drug consumption there? i do not think so. i don't see any reason to believe this will happen. so the notion that maybe one day the u.s. will do this, and when it does, then the supply of drugs coming through from colombia or even being produced in mexico will dry up because demand has dried up. up. i quite frankly that is an ahistorical, foolish and e ignorant view of history. chris: chapel hill, tennessee, independent line, tony. john: thank you and thank god for c-span. i'm so tkhrad we have it. -- glad we have it. my question is, by the way the people interested there is a back by gary westbound called dark alliance. it will tell you a lot about the drugs passed through the country and within more thing, if we do stop the war on drugs, the sheriff deputy and police department and c.i.a. and f.b.i. won't be able to confiscate people's houses and money
and drug demand in the united states. is the u.s. willing to send the army into the projects of chicago, into the projects and tenements of new york, in los angeles, to do away with drug consumption there? i do not think so. i don't see any reason to believe this will happen. so the notion that maybe one day the u.s. will do this, and when it does, then the supply of drugs coming through from colombia or even being produced in mexico will dry up because demand has dried up. up. i quite frankly...
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the united states government cites an active al qaeda threat. the suspect in the christmas day plane bomb attempt says he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen, an emerging front in the war on terror. we've learned general david petraeus paid a surprise visit to yemen meeting with yemeni officials and meeting with u.s. military commanders. petraeus says the united states will double counterterrorism aid to yemen this year. >>> president obama set to return to washington tomorrow ahead of a tuesday meeting with top national security officials on the series of failures that allowed the bomb suspect to board a plane, armed with explosives. joining us now live richard wolf, an msnbc political analyst. richard, the developments in gemmen are intriguing regardless of what's fueling them. let's go through the possibilities. general petraeus meets with yemeni leaders yesterday. today they decide to announce there's an active al qaeda threat. is it possible that maybe this is because general petraeus meetings with yemeni leaders did not go as we
the united states government cites an active al qaeda threat. the suspect in the christmas day plane bomb attempt says he got his marching orders from al qaeda in yemen, an emerging front in the war on terror. we've learned general david petraeus paid a surprise visit to yemen meeting with yemeni officials and meeting with u.s. military commanders. petraeus says the united states will double counterterrorism aid to yemen this year. >>> president obama set to return to washington...
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i think that's a strong signal nat united states will bomb through on what president obama has said, which he's going to hold people to account. i think that is a not very subtly coded way of saying there will be retribution and it will be military retribution. and we've already seen strikes on december 17th and december 24th at al qaeda targets in yemen. but i imagine there's going to be more of those strikes and i don't think general petraeus was bringing a thank you mote to the president of yemen for your help on the war in the terror, i think he was bringing more of an ultimatum which is to say if that plane that had blown up, 300 mostly americans would be dead. and this is coming from your territory. and if you can't control your own territory, we can help you, we're already giving aid, we can increase that aid, but we also, you know, this poses a major threat to the united states and we can do this with you or without you. and i think that's what the you been stance of the conversation was. i can't imagine that he would have said anything else given what the president said yest
i think that's a strong signal nat united states will bomb through on what president obama has said, which he's going to hold people to account. i think that is a not very subtly coded way of saying there will be retribution and it will be military retribution. and we've already seen strikes on december 17th and december 24th at al qaeda targets in yemen. but i imagine there's going to be more of those strikes and i don't think general petraeus was bringing a thank you mote to the president of...
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who also don't like the united states, who also don't like the west. and who have been waging a pretty active campaign. they actually just took custody of a saudi soldier, took him hostage just a few days ago and put him on tv. so the yemenis have some very serious problems. there's endemic poverty. so simply launching missile strikes is not going to be the answer. not to mention the fact that yemen is not the only problem. right across the straits, right across the red sea we have somalia. and just a few weeks ago an individual was picked up by african union peacekeepers trying to board a flight in somalia, apparently with a device very similar to that of umar abdul mub. so the question is if we put all of our effort, start focusing exclusively on yemen what's going on in those other franchise areas like somalia, this is a multitiered threat. >> so complicated. but we've known for a long time about afghanistan, obviously. pakistan. now yemen. yemen number two in the amount of money it was given in the pentagon's counterterrorism program. but, $67 mill
who also don't like the united states, who also don't like the west. and who have been waging a pretty active campaign. they actually just took custody of a saudi soldier, took him hostage just a few days ago and put him on tv. so the yemenis have some very serious problems. there's endemic poverty. so simply launching missile strikes is not going to be the answer. not to mention the fact that yemen is not the only problem. right across the straits, right across the red sea we have somalia. and...
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he served in the united states army for 27 years. the attack was the deadliest one for americans in afghanistan since eight soldiers were killed in an insurgent attack on the base in the east in october 3. >>> more now on the fallout from the president's review of the break down that occurred which allowed a nigerian national to board a plane bound for the u.s. with explosives in his clothing. the at acknowledging the buck stops with him. but there is only so much he can do. he plans to give part of the task of diagnosing the failures to the intelligence advisory board. let's bring in neil livingston, a terrorism expert. thank you very much for talking to us. so what will be first on the blue ribbon's panel agenda with regard to addressing the intel failures that led to the foiled terrorist attack on christmas? >> this is kind of like day gentleman view. we've had a lot of panels already. i'm not sure we really need another one to go through this because it's fairly obvious where the breakdowns occurred and the president has identifi
he served in the united states army for 27 years. the attack was the deadliest one for americans in afghanistan since eight soldiers were killed in an insurgent attack on the base in the east in october 3. >>> more now on the fallout from the president's review of the break down that occurred which allowed a nigerian national to board a plane bound for the u.s. with explosives in his clothing. the at acknowledging the buck stops with him. but there is only so much he can do. he plans...
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not just the united states. if monetary policy was the source of housing increase in the united states, it seems reasonable to expect that international perspective that those houses would have rise as well. is that the case? with the respect of the magnitude of house price increases,economists have found that only a small portion of increase in the housing prices in this decade can be contributed to the housing policy. this can be used in models that make no use of economic theory. to demonstrate this finding in a simple way, i will use a statistical model that summarizes the historical interfaces of the housing model. this model is similar to economists that seek to analyze the evolution of data series over time. the model incorporates seven variables including measures of economic growth, inflation, unemployment and house prices and the federal funds rate, and it's estimated using data from 1997-2002. for our purposes the value of such a model can be used to predict the behavior of any areas studies, assuming
not just the united states. if monetary policy was the source of housing increase in the united states, it seems reasonable to expect that international perspective that those houses would have rise as well. is that the case? with the respect of the magnitude of house price increases,economists have found that only a small portion of increase in the housing prices in this decade can be contributed to the housing policy. this can be used in models that make no use of economic theory. to...
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we need to rethink how it is we can ahead of individuals coming to the united states from foreign countries -- the 9/11 commission was very explicit about this, particularly individuals coming from third world countries through transit areas into major airports like amsterdam. >> this all reminds me -- sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse is out. when we see it's from nigeria, now we'll start focusing on african countries. when it was shoes, we took off shoes. you're saying the new streamline intelligence agencies do work. you're saying all the extra staff is helpful. what are you describing that could be the fix? >> there's always some amount of kiddie soccer involved where everyone rushes to the ball. here it's perhaps nigeria. we need to focus, and particularly with respect to profiling. profiling should be a combination of intelligence and other factors. now we know the danger of somalia as well as other countries that are now on our target list for where training centers are being conducted. and so we need to check for passports for when individuals have visited these cou
we need to rethink how it is we can ahead of individuals coming to the united states from foreign countries -- the 9/11 commission was very explicit about this, particularly individuals coming from third world countries through transit areas into major airports like amsterdam. >> this all reminds me -- sounds like shutting the barn door after the horse is out. when we see it's from nigeria, now we'll start focusing on african countries. when it was shoes, we took off shoes. you're saying...
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they were not used for the airline that was going to come here to the united states. but i think those body scanners and other things need to be part of this. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why is he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of a criminal? >> we're a country of laws and what we're going to do is make sure thate treat each individual case appropriately. in the past richard reed, the former shoe bomber, all of them were charged in criminal courts, were sentenced in some cases to life imprisonment. we have tools available whether it's enemy combatant or charge them criminally. we look at the cases and in this case decided it was best to charge them criminally. >> would there be additional intelligence that could be gleaned by making him an enemy combatant? do you believe whatever you are learning from him was the christmas day plot part of something larger from al qaeda and the arain bran pe
they were not used for the airline that was going to come here to the united states. but i think those body scanners and other things need to be part of this. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why is he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of a criminal? >> we're a country of laws and what we're going to...
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but normally the united states gains from us. venezuela, grand colombia including colombia, and venezuela and ecuador. the let from haiti with men, weapons and boats to live in those places. and, to show his gratitude to haiti, did venezuelan flag, the haitian flag with the yellow band on top. but that was a bad example. black slaves a rising up against the white masters and beating them, even though we benefitted the united states from meds and even that we benefit to all of south america. you shouldn't do that. for 60 years haiti was under embargo and i say if you want to know how haiti got support, go look at its beginnings. i am not going to assault the leadership of haiti also that his been predatory. i have been fighting against them since i can remember. but, a new day is coming to haiti and it began back in 2006 with the election of the president to one with about 51% of the vote and to turn around to the 49% that were not with him, that were his opponents and from the 49% he got some good ministers for his cabinet and fo
but normally the united states gains from us. venezuela, grand colombia including colombia, and venezuela and ecuador. the let from haiti with men, weapons and boats to live in those places. and, to show his gratitude to haiti, did venezuelan flag, the haitian flag with the yellow band on top. but that was a bad example. black slaves a rising up against the white masters and beating them, even though we benefitted the united states from meds and even that we benefit to all of south america. you...
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in the united states. there is an out lier up there in ohio. one cardiologists likes to do a lot of stinting. we need to do more of this. there is a lot of savings potential that you would not pick up with comparative effectiveness unless you start monitoring quantities and what doctors did in different regions. tom mentioned accountable care organizations. doctors decide. it is not some panel in washington or some insurance company. the idea is that the doctor/hospital groups are paid based on how well they restrain growth and costs. this is the scenario we would like to have played out rather than rules from above. the physicians in these groups get together. the internal medicine doctors go to the cardiologists and ask what is going on because the rates are highest in the country. they can look at the records and try to get costs down. it works internally. that is the direction of like to see for health care reform. >> one question that tom answered in his comments. do you see anything in the current bi
in the united states. there is an out lier up there in ohio. one cardiologists likes to do a lot of stinting. we need to do more of this. there is a lot of savings potential that you would not pick up with comparative effectiveness unless you start monitoring quantities and what doctors did in different regions. tom mentioned accountable care organizations. doctors decide. it is not some panel in washington or some insurance company. the idea is that the doctor/hospital groups are paid based on...
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ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of a)@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ >> i don't think i know anything that has frustrated me more than to develop over a period of years adequate ticket -- adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing in my mind is the ability to detect nuclear materials. i don't think we have spent a lot of money at that. this goes back well before 9/11. but we still have not come up with it. so i think that there has to be a crash effort, if you will, in research and development in the scientific community to develop better technology here. the hijackers got on those airplanes in at 911 with four- inch blade knives. they knew you could not get on with eight-inch blades. these people are very sophisticated about our vulnerabilities. and whenever we make a change, they begin to adopt -- they begin to adapt to it. so the technology has to try to keep out in front. i personally do n
ok, we do that in the united states. now somebody gets on an airplane in yemen and transfers in amsterdam. what kind of threat to do we have in the world of a)@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ >> i don't think i know anything that has frustrated me more than to develop over a period of years adequate ticket -- adequate detection equipment. the most serious thing in my mind is the ability to detect nuclear materials. i don't think we have spent a lot of money at that. this goes back well...
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they weren't used, in fact, for the airline coming here to the united states. i think those full body scanners as well as other things needs to be part of this package. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why isn't he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of aa criminal? >> first of all, we're a country of laws. what we're going to do is to make sure we treat each individual case appropriately. in the past, richard reid, the former shoe bomber, zacarias moussaoui, jose padilla, all of them chanch echarged in crimina court and sentenced to life imprisonment. we have these tools available, whether it's an enemy combatant avenue or charge them criminally. we looked at the cases and decided it was best, in fact, to charge him criminally. >> would there be additional intelligence that could be gleaned by making him an enemy combatant? do you believe that whatever you're learning from him, was the christm
they weren't used, in fact, for the airline coming here to the united states. i think those full body scanners as well as other things needs to be part of this package. >> would those scanners have detected the level of petn that abdulmutallab was carrying? >> i think it's unknown. but i think it would have enhanced our potential for actually identifying it. >> why isn't he being treated as an enemy combatant instead of aa criminal? >> first of all, we're a country of...
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if you were to require the united states or any country really to clean up after its military activity overseas, there really would be no end to what can be required of them. of them. the u.s. recently paid 100 million -- about ten years ago paid not $100 million to canada to clean up to relatively minor facilities that we had up in the northern part of that country, and that is an instance where the impacts and amount of damages were ultimately minor and we don't want to get into a situation where we are having to -- we i mean the u.s. military, not obviously myself -- where the military is having to check itself and spend an inordinate amount of time keeping its activities limited or somehow above board environment and therefore possibly do that, possibly not doing as much as it can to fulfill its mission. that is its perspective and the perspective of people in the government i spoke with for the article. now, all of that being said -- and you have these two categories around which there is no corpus of international law we had no motivation normal momentum toward the development of
if you were to require the united states or any country really to clean up after its military activity overseas, there really would be no end to what can be required of them. of them. the u.s. recently paid 100 million -- about ten years ago paid not $100 million to canada to clean up to relatively minor facilities that we had up in the northern part of that country, and that is an instance where the impacts and amount of damages were ultimately minor and we don't want to get into a situation...
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just before the show we were talking about 68% of global arms sale comes from the united states. how do you think this review and what are the kind of changes do you think it will yield to the control system? >> the first thing that is happening is that the process is actually moving more efficiently than it has in the past. the thing that isn't done yet that's got to be part of this is revision of the munitions list. we still have a cold war munitions list. we still haven't -- >> list of stuff that requires -- >> when you run a trade deficit of a billion dollars a day you need to loosen up on some of these restrictions. >> it is about as much of technology that comes out, more uponly about a system that tracks technology when it comes in and in making people afraid of putting technology into the united states. >> because they can't get it back out again. >> that is the critical issue and i think that is the driving imperative for control as well as our ability to cooperate with our allies and share in the technology for the fight for today. >> and some will take reform in the pe
just before the show we were talking about 68% of global arms sale comes from the united states. how do you think this review and what are the kind of changes do you think it will yield to the control system? >> the first thing that is happening is that the process is actually moving more efficiently than it has in the past. the thing that isn't done yet that's got to be part of this is revision of the munitions list. we still have a cold war munitions list. we still haven't -- >>...
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this was an attempted act of war against the united states of america. we had al ckqaeda moving an operative on an american plane, putting him in a specific seat to do this crime. the president took days to respond. they treat this fellow, reading him his miranda rights instead of getting an interrogation where we can get serious information. they didn't notify the other pilots. larry, did they do anything right is what i want to ask? this is a commander in chief who looks to me like he's not certain what to do when something goes wrong. he has to study it a couple weeks. we need better. >> larry: mark, how do you deal with the delicate balance between the constitution and rights of any individual, to presumption of innocence, the right to a lawyer and an imminent threat to the country? >> well, i don't think it's that delicate of a balance. we need to keep both things in full view. the reality is we can never compromise our values or beliefs in the service of fighting the war on terror. it's not an either/or proposition. it's a both/and proposition. we
this was an attempted act of war against the united states of america. we had al ckqaeda moving an operative on an american plane, putting him in a specific seat to do this crime. the president took days to respond. they treat this fellow, reading him his miranda rights instead of getting an interrogation where we can get serious information. they didn't notify the other pilots. larry, did they do anything right is what i want to ask? this is a commander in chief who looks to me like he's not...
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effectively in the united states, nothing else could go on other issues until the united states government felt that was adequately addressed. we apparently moved into the period they do see that has been adequately addressed. as these issues fell to the site as normal trade relations were established, diplomatic recognition, wto membership of the authors said decided basically allowed agent orange and the associated concerns to perk higher up on the priority list in vietnam and they were willing to bring the issue forward more. that is not to say that there are not other issues that threaten or i shouldn't say threaten but could push agent orange of the front burner and into the back burner again. for example, the imam this past year applied for membership in the generalized system of preferences country preference policy of the united states government that application is still pending. no decision has come for me to the bush administration or the obama administration. so pushing on agent orange nei possibly in the eyes of the vietnamese have adverse effects on their gmp applications as
effectively in the united states, nothing else could go on other issues until the united states government felt that was adequately addressed. we apparently moved into the period they do see that has been adequately addressed. as these issues fell to the site as normal trade relations were established, diplomatic recognition, wto membership of the authors said decided basically allowed agent orange and the associated concerns to perk higher up on the priority list in vietnam and they were...
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should the american people expect military action by the united states? >> i think the military should expect that the government will do everything to hold those individuals accountable, whether they are in yemen or other places. they have carried out attacks and now it's very clear that we are going to take strong action against them. >> let me talk more about the christmas day plot. last week, january neat napolitano said that the system worked. do you agree? every other day, this is in the works so far every day this year, we've been able to thwart attacks by david headley and others and clearly what the president wants to do is make sure that we strengthen the system. it's not that it's broken but there's ways to improve the system, strengthen it, and put together variouses pieces of information to stop every single terrorist out there. >> let me get to that. >> when a family member says i'm worried, that should be a big red flag. and in fact, abdulmutallab's father, a prominent figure, goes to the u.s. embassy and says my son went to yemen, he's bec
should the american people expect military action by the united states? >> i think the military should expect that the government will do everything to hold those individuals accountable, whether they are in yemen or other places. they have carried out attacks and now it's very clear that we are going to take strong action against them. >> let me talk more about the christmas day plot. last week, january neat napolitano said that the system worked. do you agree? every other day,...
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s from the united states. in these and so many related ways, i'm proud that the united states has played a leading role, either through our government's foreign assistance programs, or through the programs and examples of civil society like many of you represent. attorneys and businesswomen have partnered with women around the world as mentors, trainers, co-collaborators, to share their practices, exchange experiences, and provide support. in addressing women's access to justice, we realize that raising our voice for equal rights and equal treatment under the law is necessary. but it is not sufficient. passing laws is important, but it is not nearly enough because laws must be backed and enforced by effective and responsible governments. judges and legal practitioners are in critical positions, not only to influence how laws are made, but to help ensure that they are indeed enforced. there is so much we can do to support women who are changing the world for the better through the legal profession. the beijing
s from the united states. in these and so many related ways, i'm proud that the united states has played a leading role, either through our government's foreign assistance programs, or through the programs and examples of civil society like many of you represent. attorneys and businesswomen have partnered with women around the world as mentors, trainers, co-collaborators, to share their practices, exchange experiences, and provide support. in addressing women's access to justice, we realize...
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there are credit unions in the united states that is a cooperative structure. it has to do with the application of law and regulatory oversight. if you look at low-income communities, the credit unions say they did not vary too much malfeasance lending. they didn't do much lending to begin with. they were created on the basis of serving people with modest means. they are on capitol hill right now pushing to create a line of credit available to the credit union industry. forget the corporate membership model. they are trying to put themselves in the position of having access to the fed window. they want a line of credit that they can use to compete for the with the banks without having an obligation to serve low-income community. they don't even want to pay corporate taxes. that is an extra benefit that credit unions get. i went off on a tender but i think it is more relevant to the point you're making. >> we have time for about one more question any more questions or comments from the audience? charlie,zÑ do we have closing comments from ralph nader? i want to
there are credit unions in the united states that is a cooperative structure. it has to do with the application of law and regulatory oversight. if you look at low-income communities, the credit unions say they did not vary too much malfeasance lending. they didn't do much lending to begin with. they were created on the basis of serving people with modest means. they are on capitol hill right now pushing to create a line of credit available to the credit union industry. forget the corporate...
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the arts are flourishing in the united states. in this country, nationwide were almost -- london has tears orchestras. but here in the united states, in small cities, and yes, during the economic downturn a lot of those orchestras have been in trouble and had to cut back. they are suffering. but the truth is, these are institutions that by and large are supported by corporate largess that the whole idea of creating wealth is if you like the good things come if you like place, if you like concerts. if you like paintings, if you like sculptures, if you like beautiful homes, not of this can exist unless wealth is created and accumulated. and then used wisely by people who actually want to support it the government idea of great artistic expression usually tends to be -- is one of the reasons, one of the things that so peculiar, the national endowment of the art was created in 1967 by president johnson. and if you look at the record of great artistic achievement in the united states since 1967, i think there are very, very few of thos
the arts are flourishing in the united states. in this country, nationwide were almost -- london has tears orchestras. but here in the united states, in small cities, and yes, during the economic downturn a lot of those orchestras have been in trouble and had to cut back. they are suffering. but the truth is, these are institutions that by and large are supported by corporate largess that the whole idea of creating wealth is if you like the good things come if you like place, if you like...
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the united states of america. we will do all we can to ensure the success of this endeavor. thank you so much, madame secretary. i look forward to continuing our could work together. -- i look forward to continuing our good work together. >> a question of the terror report the president got yesterday. it singles out the piece that issue. the fact that the suspect did not have a visa -- it singles out the visa issue. then there was the issue of the misspelling of the name. how serious are these issues? what do you plan to do about them? have you poor or are you willing to give guarantees to the arab countries and to the palestinians about the obama administration's views on negotiations? >> as to the reports the president made it very clear in his remarks both before and again yesterday that we all are looking hard at what did happen in order to improve our procedures to avoid human errors mistakes, oversights of any kind. we are in the state department fully committed to excepting our responsibility for the mistak
the united states of america. we will do all we can to ensure the success of this endeavor. thank you so much, madame secretary. i look forward to continuing our could work together. -- i look forward to continuing our good work together. >> a question of the terror report the president got yesterday. it singles out the piece that issue. the fact that the suspect did not have a visa -- it singles out the visa issue. then there was the issue of the misspelling of the name. how serious are...
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it was a major problem for the united states. another thing they can talk on, afghanistan is a nation [unintelligible] in 1747, the federation was founded. that makes it an older nation than the united states. it is not a lack of nationhood. it is that it has had a weak central state. there is nothing really wrong with that. the central state has been part of our problem. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring these enormous high numbers was the afghan national army. when asked which institution do you most admire, a 82% say the afghan national army. it is seen as an institution that is really doing good work.
it was a major problem for the united states. another thing they can talk on, afghanistan is a nation [unintelligible] in 1747, the federation was founded. that makes it an older nation than the united states. it is not a lack of nationhood. it is that it has had a weak central state. there is nothing really wrong with that. the central state has been part of our problem. related to that, the most popular institution in afghanistan, scoring these enormous high numbers was the afghan national...
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we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately the buck stops with me. as president i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> president obama taking responsibility this week for america's closest brush with airline terror in years. he suggested no one will be fired at least for now and he ordered a series of reforms including tougher rules for putting people on the no fly list, and more widespread distribution of intelligence reports. the president also renewing his declaration of war on al qaeda and its growing presence in yemen. cnn international security correspondent paula newton is in yemen for us. we'll go to her in a moment. also here in washington are our homeland security correspondent jeanne meserve and former homeland security inspector general clark kent irvin. thanks to all
we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> i am less interested in passing out blame than i am in learning from and correcting these mistakes to make us safer. for ultimately the buck stops with me. as president i have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people and when the system fails, it is my responsibility. >> president obama taking responsibility this week for...
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will it trigger a political fight here in the united states? we have the latest information on that attempt to blow up the airliner over detroit. you're watching msnbc sunday. show and tell... with all the pet hair in the air my eyes would really itch. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. no other allergy itchy eye drop works faster or longer. zyrtec® itchy eye drops work fast i can love the air™. (announcer) find it in the allergy aisle. ♪ (announcer) right now, all over the country, discover customers are getting five percent cashback bonus on travel. it pays to get more, it pays to discover. >>> new developments in yemen today where al qaeda is said to have recruited and armed the so called underwear bomber. the u.s. embassy is closed in yemen because of an active threat from al qaeda. >>> president obama set to return to washington tomorrow ahead of a tuesday meeting with top security officials on the series of failures that allowed the bomb suspect to board a plane armed with explosives. for more now on who will be held accoun
will it trigger a political fight here in the united states? we have the latest information on that attempt to blow up the airliner over detroit. you're watching msnbc sunday. show and tell... with all the pet hair in the air my eyes would really itch. but now i have new zyrtec® itchy eye drops. no other allergy itchy eye drop works faster or longer. zyrtec® itchy eye drops work fast i can love the air™. (announcer) find it in the allergy aisle. ♪ (announcer) right now, all over the...
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number one is we need to recognize people coming into the united states and troubling to the united states from overseas this is a privilege, not a right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly less or selector list and if they want to come here they've got to go more in-depth interviews. the second thing if they come here and commit a crime absolutely the terrorism act. charge them to the full extent but put them through a military tribunal. take them out of the civilian court. they do not deserve the rights and privileges that the civilian court system provides. the third thing, and this is i think an important point that you make as for americans to become traders, the spokesperson for bin laden who's an american, the d.c. five who left the u.s. sometime i think in november and went over to pakistan to practice jihad, these individuals need to be treated as the traders that they are and we have to accelerate and removed the barriers to dealing with these individuals and in the fourth point the recommendation made to the preside
number one is we need to recognize people coming into the united states and troubling to the united states from overseas this is a privilege, not a right so if we get information that people may pose a threat to the united states we put them on a no-fly less or selector list and if they want to come here they've got to go more in-depth interviews. the second thing if they come here and commit a crime absolutely the terrorism act. charge them to the full extent but put them through a military...
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a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security improved at the price of come in what you elaborate on the price of personal liberties. we can expand that way of thinking about any kind of counterterrorist measure, and say how much security do we want at the price, it might be privacy, it might be personal liberty, it might be the convenience of the traveling public. at my be monetary cost. and often is monetary cost. it might be cost in blood and treasure for military operations overseas, as in afghanistan. the question ought to be asked in each one of these endeavors if it is being conducted in the n
a record every single call in the united states. that is obviously counterproductive. that puts more hay on the stack when what we need as you said, is to have less say on the staff to find the needle within. we need to strike the right balance is seems to me. we can do that but we can have perfectly good and we can have perfect liberty in the age of terror. >> does an extremely important point that clark is made. at how much security, as you phrase, clark, how much is our security...
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states -- united nations isçó a criminal organization. it's responsible for the spread+ of the swine flu. it was pattening -- peatenting it as well.ko this is an effort to -- host: tony, you believe the united states has patented swine flu and responsible for spreading it? >> i don't know if the united states. i think the world health organization. host: why would they do that? caller: because they practice in genocide. they want to reduce the populationç by 80%. this is all part ofñ)ççw3;3 agenda.t( agenda 21.ç >> we'll leaveç this segmentçm the "washingtonç journal" and take you live to the white house. president obama will speak about haiti relief efforts. >> good morning, everybody. i have directed myç administration to launch a swift, coordinated, and aggressive effort to save lives and support the recovery inç haiti. the losses that have been suffered in haiti are nothing less than devastating. in responding to disaster of this magnitude will require every elementçç of our nation capacity.ç our diplomacy an
states -- united nations isçó a criminal organization. it's responsible for the spread+ of the swine flu. it was pattening -- peatenting it as well.ko this is an effort to -- host: tony, you believe the united states has patented swine flu and responsible for spreading it? >> i don't know if the united states. i think the world health organization. host: why would they do that? caller: because they practice in genocide. they want to reduce the populationç by 80%. this is all part...
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how are they representing the united states? aren't they will not for overthrowing democratic leaders? but -- are today well known for overthrowing democratic leaders? guest: certainly in the early days the cia was doing a lot of that kind of thing. there was a well-known operation to depose leaders, democratic or not, at a lot of that of the early days that aired out in the 1970's and congressional hearings. you are right, there is a lot i know about what the cia is actually doing. it is the cia job, its charter, to go abroad and break the laws of other countries. by doing as be announced, they are breaking laws -- of other nations -- and by doing espionage, they are breaking laws of other nations. it is legal by u.s. law because it is approved by the president. but it is the nature of what they do, to steal the secrets of target governments. host: michigan, mark. help me with the name of your town. caller: it would appear that based on a lot of our recent incidents with fort hood and the letter that the ability to filter is th
how are they representing the united states? aren't they will not for overthrowing democratic leaders? but -- are today well known for overthrowing democratic leaders? guest: certainly in the early days the cia was doing a lot of that kind of thing. there was a well-known operation to depose leaders, democratic or not, at a lot of that of the early days that aired out in the 1970's and congressional hearings. you are right, there is a lot i know about what the cia is actually doing. it is the...
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he was one of the most liberal people in cbe$e united states senate. and pete was one of the most conservative. and they formed a strong alliance around this issue. and they had first-hand experience with what discriminatory health insurance does to make it difficult to get the care you need. and they launched a battle that persevered beyond paul wellstone's death and they got the bill passed on october 3, 2008. host: and we notice that the plan is for 51 employees and speak to that battle of the insurers and others, how does it play out? guest: the initial argument rested on the fact that we had bad data from a good experiment done by the rand corporation years ago. and estimated that mental health services if one reduced financial barriers would be overutilized. and this lead insurers and large businesses to oppose the equity in terms of treatment. what happened is that we entered managed care. and we have good data that indicates that there is not this elasticity of demand. and that data helped to even the playing field in terms of cost consideratio
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an iranian-american living here in the united states is really of two hearts. one heart is here in me, and the other one is back home. is that right, azar? >> oh, definitely. i always say i left iran but iran never left me. in that sense that absence, when i lived in iran, i left in 1997. when i lived in iran, i was too much part of what was going on to at times realize what was really happening. but now here you constantly have to imagine and you have to imagine those whom you love, those with whom you protested in other years during the past now again in the streets, some of them in jail, some of them under torture. >> and as we say, there are horror stories that would have you coming out of there, and you see all this. so maz, where do you find levity in this? where is the comedy? i would imagine you need it in some way to escape what you're seeing. >> oh, there's always -- >> i'm talking to maz. i wanted to get maz in. >> sorry. >> that's okay. >> or azar. maybe she's got something. i don't know. >> no, no, no. go ahead. >> that's fine. it's hard, don, to a
an iranian-american living here in the united states is really of two hearts. one heart is here in me, and the other one is back home. is that right, azar? >> oh, definitely. i always say i left iran but iran never left me. in that sense that absence, when i lived in iran, i left in 1997. when i lived in iran, i was too much part of what was going on to at times realize what was really happening. but now here you constantly have to imagine and you have to imagine those whom you love,...
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sad day for vice president of the united states. joe biden lost his mother today. she was 92. today, a king would have been 75. fans of elvis presley, the king, gathering at graceland today and around the world to celebrate the late singer's birthday. presley died in 1977 at the young age of 42. the glenn beck program returns in a moment but first bret baier has a preview of what is on "special report." >> hey, uma. coming up, the administration still tries to explain why it did not know al-qaeda in yemen was a real and serious threat. job numbers and how both sides of the aisle are reading them. join me at the top of the hour for "special report." >> oh, what a week we have all just endured. while the democrats were rewriting the federal take-over of healthcare behind closed doors, the public face of the federal government was fixated on denying and then explaining all the gaps in its intelligence gathering. the obama administration has been finger pointing over who in the government let a murderous thug on a plane in amsterdam that he tried to explode over detroit. first, th
sad day for vice president of the united states. joe biden lost his mother today. she was 92. today, a king would have been 75. fans of elvis presley, the king, gathering at graceland today and around the world to celebrate the late singer's birthday. presley died in 1977 at the young age of 42. the glenn beck program returns in a moment but first bret baier has a preview of what is on "special report." >> hey, uma. coming up, the administration still tries to explain why it did...
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this is the united states of america. mr. chairman, i have three policy changes for this committee to consider. in the new authorization. first, we must agree upon a bold new vision and make the cultural shift in the way we do transportation. a vision an american public can invest in and believe in and have passenger rail that connects america much like the eisenhower era highway system did. we must do today what our parents and our grandparents did for us. invest in a new vision. reform the current program and revolutionize the way we do transportation policy and funding. second, we must reduce the time it takes to deliver a rail project in this country. 20 years in new starts is just too long. we need to get our projects delivered in 3 to 5 years. this is not environmental stream lining as some would like to call it. it's process delivery. agencies cannot just sit on projects. we need to create -- we do not need to create an oversight office. we just need to get the projects out. we don't need to open up the nipa process to
this is the united states of america. mr. chairman, i have three policy changes for this committee to consider. in the new authorization. first, we must agree upon a bold new vision and make the cultural shift in the way we do transportation. a vision an american public can invest in and believe in and have passenger rail that connects america much like the eisenhower era highway system did. we must do today what our parents and our grandparents did for us. invest in a new vision. reform the...
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the united states and britain are closing their embassies in yemen because of the attack. >>> the president is holding a meeting to discuss how to prevent another security breach. fox news sunday sits down with the white hoe's top counterterrorism advisor. chris wallace joins with us a preview. >> reporter: good morning, melanie. >> chris, these extremist threats from yemen aren't really a surprise. there's been this history going back to the u.s.s. cole bombing. should we have known this was coming? >> reporter: well, that's exactly the question that people are asking. and it's one thing to say that there was an al-qaida presence in yemen. it's another thing to say that they had the training and the capability to launch this christmas day would-be bombing of a u.s. airliner. at the top of the hour, we are going to be talking to john brennan who is the president's top white house advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism. i will tell you we pre taped it, and it is a chilling interview. it's about the significance, the strength of al-qaeda in yemen, the fact that they closed the u.s.
the united states and britain are closing their embassies in yemen because of the attack. >>> the president is holding a meeting to discuss how to prevent another security breach. fox news sunday sits down with the white hoe's top counterterrorism advisor. chris wallace joins with us a preview. >> reporter: good morning, melanie. >> chris, these extremist threats from yemen aren't really a surprise. there's been this history going back to the u.s.s. cole bombing. should we...
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the united states, hawaii is the best place. >> reporter: the promise of sunshine year round has not been enough to save the state's once booming tourism industry. now state officials look to president obama's hawaiian vacation to bring in much needed revenue. >> we depend mostly on tourism for our economy. and when the tourism went down, it affected everyone. >> reporter: marsha, the state tourism liaison, says it accounts for 25 of the economy and declined in the last two years for a loss of nearly $3 billion. now with an unemployment rate of 7%, and a budget shortfall expected to reach $1.2 billion by the end of 2010, state officials are looking for ways to cut. one proposal is to mandate furlough dates for teachers and cut the number of school days. but she says reviving tourism is the ultimate key to rebuilding the state's economy and she welcomes the free publicity that comes along with a presidential visit. >> all of the images that have been shown throughout the world, because of his visit here, is going to help hawaii immensely as we move forward to put that desire in people
the united states, hawaii is the best place. >> reporter: the promise of sunshine year round has not been enough to save the state's once booming tourism industry. now state officials look to president obama's hawaiian vacation to bring in much needed revenue. >> we depend mostly on tourism for our economy. and when the tourism went down, it affected everyone. >> reporter: marsha, the state tourism liaison, says it accounts for 25 of the economy and declined in the last two...
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we don't have that mindset in the united states. they may have it because they are organized in such a manner. it is more an issue of how far can the public accept measures such as the measures taken in israel. >> he has made a good point because there is this balance and the current administration made the comment about there is a false choice between your security and your ideals. you choose more security and you give up something on the civil liberties and privacy issue. every time there is an incident or attempted attack we tend to recalibrate that. we may not go as far as israel that considers themselves at war all the time, i doubt the american public would accept that. >> kimberly: but we seem to be more accepting when terrorist acts like this affect the united states. thank you very much. coming up next, their 16-year-old son could have been saved with simple antibiotics. so why did they let him die? and police need more help. this eight month old baby is missing and police have in custody the person suspected of kid nipping
we don't have that mindset in the united states. they may have it because they are organized in such a manner. it is more an issue of how far can the public accept measures such as the measures taken in israel. >> he has made a good point because there is this balance and the current administration made the comment about there is a false choice between your security and your ideals. you choose more security and you give up something on the civil liberties and privacy issue. every time...